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Bekhorot


47 Dapim

The opening masechet of the Bavli, Berakhot discusses laws of Shema, prayer, and an array of different blessings. This fairly accessible masechet contains key stories about Chazal’s approach to prayer as well as familiar content about the tefila and berakhot that frame our day to day.

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Bekhorot 2

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
04.18.2019 | י״ג בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 4

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
04.21.2019 | ט״ז בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 5

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04.22.2019 | י״ז בניסן תשע״ט


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04.22.2019 | י״ז בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 7

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
04.23.2019 | י״ח בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 8

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04.24.2019 | י״ט בניסן תשע״ט


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04.28.2019 | כ״ג בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 13

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04.30.2019 | כ״ה בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 14

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
05.01.2019 | כ״ו בניסן תשע״ט


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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
05.02.2019 | כ״ז בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 16

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
05.03.2019 | כ״ח בניסן תשע״ט


Bekhorot 18

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
05.05.2019 | ל׳ בניסן תשע״ט
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Definitions and explanations

Understand important Talmudic vocabulary terms and concepts with the Hadran Glossary’s clear, approachable explanations.

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A siyum is a celebratory gathering customarily made when one completes the study of a masechet. It usually involves recital of the special Hadran text and Kaddish, sharing of divrei Torah and a festive meal.

Glossary

Here you’ll find definitions and explanations for some of the key terms in this masechet. See more here.

Yireh Ad SheYista’ev

Should graze until it becomes unfit – when a firstborn animal that has been given to a kohen cannot be sacrificed, it must graze (without being worked or sheared) until it becomes blemished. When this happens, the kohen may slaughter and eat it.

Ma’aser Behema

Animal tithes – every herd owner must set aside a tithe from his (kosher) animals. On rosh chodesh Elul, the owner counts his animals born that year. Every tenth animal becomes holy. The owner gives it to a kohen, who sacrifices and eats it in Jerusalem.

Re’iyat Bekhorot

A procedure by which judges skilled in blemish assessment examine firstborn animals with defects to determine whether the blemish disqualifies them from being offered as sacrifices.

Yotzei Dofen

A child born by caesarean section. Such a child is considered a halakhic firstborn in some senses, while in others, there is a machloket (for example, not all agree on whether he receives a double inheritance).

Peter Chamor

Firstborn donkey – it is a mitzvah to redeem firstborn donkeys by giving a lamb to a kohen. If not redeemed, firstborn donkeys must be beheaded.

Bekhor Behema

Animal firstborn – firstborn kosher animals are holy, and may not be sheared or used for work. Rather, the owner must give them to a kohen. If the animal is healthy, the kohen sacrifices it and eats it in Jerusalem; if the animal has a defect, the kohen slaughters it and eats it as chulin.

Bekhor Adam

Human firstborn – firstborn sons. Unless one of them is a kohen or levi, parents must redeem their firstborn son from the priests by giving a kohen five sela. This process is called pidyon haben.

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